Critque my design

After a couple of months of attempting and re-starting from scratch many
times, I've finally done a simple design that could be a future layout
for a (new) site that I've been trying to plan for a while.

http://hidden.dread-hollow.com/test/mseymour-bl_design/

Critque away!

On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:35:02 GMT, Mark Seymour
<markseymour (AT) hotmail-NOSPAM (DOT) com> wrote:

After a couple of months of attempting and re-starting from scratch many
times, I've finally done a simple design that could be a future layout
for a (new) site that I've been trying to plan for a while.

http://hidden.dread-hollow.com/test/mseymour-bl_design/

Critque away!

Hi Mark,

I thought the site look very clean & modern. It was a very light page
that loaded quickly. I might 'borrow' the idea of the visited links
changing to italic, I loved that little touch :-)

Can I suggest only a small thing? (I am sure that others will make
more extensive suggestions!!). Could I suggest that you lose the 'back
to the top' link in your footer? I have always felt that this only has
a place in exceptionally long pages and even then I have a few doubts.

While we are down there does the phrase 'All rights reserved' have
any legal / moral meaning? If you have some legal reservations about
your work would you consider putting these on a single page, perhaps
linked from your footer?

But overall I loved the look. I was a little curious: if you have
been 'Saving the world since 2005' what you were up to before this?

All the best,

Andrew.
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Mark Seymour wrote:

After a couple of months of attempting and re-starting from scratch
many times, I've finally done a simple design that could be a future
layout for a (new) site that I've been trying to plan for a while.

http://hidden.dread-hollow.com/test/mseymour-bl_design/

Crit[i]que away!

Other than the missing background color (I see my ugly default purple,
which clashes with your layout), it looks good and clean, except:

Why are all the headings set to a font-size of 100%?
Why is the content set to only 90%? This should be 100%, and the
headings should be larger.
http://k75s.home.att.net/fontsize.html

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Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

Mark Seymour wrote:

After a couple of months of attempting and re-starting from scratch
many times, I've finally done a simple design that could be a future
layout for a (new) site that I've been trying to plan for a while.

http://hidden.dread-hollow.com/test/mseymour-bl_design/

Crit[i]que away!

Other than the missing background color (I see my ugly default purple,
I forgot 'bout that, -_-
which clashes with your layout), it looks good and clean, except:

Why are all the headings set to a font-size of 100%?
I will set it a little higher, then. ok?

Why is the content set to only 90%? This should be 100%, and the
headings should be larger.
As I said in a previous thread, it looks too big on my screen (16px

default)
I will experiment and update.

http://k75s.home.att.net/fontsize.html

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-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck.

red_dragon2983 wrote:

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
Other than the missing background color (I see my ugly default
purple,

I forgot 'bout that, -_-

Many do... <g>

which clashes with your layout), it looks good and clean, except:

Why are all the headings set to a font-size of 100%?

I will set it a little higher, then. ok?

Ok.

Why is the content set to only 90%? This should be 100%, and the
headings should be larger.

As I said in a previous thread,

Didn't see that.

it looks too big on my screen (16px default) I will experiment and update.

Then you should set your own browser to something smaller; something you
like. By using 100%, you present all visitors with their default - what
they prefer. Why penalize the visitors because your browser is set too
large? How does it look in other browsers on your workstation (which may
have different defaults)?

http://k75s.home.att.net/fontsize.html

You saw the samples on my page for h1, h2 etc?

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-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck.

on 8/26/2006 10:36 PM Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

red_dragon2983 wrote:

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
Other than the missing background color (I see my ugly default
purple,

I forgot 'bout that, -_-

Many do... <g

which clashes with your layout), it looks good and clean, except:

Why are all the headings set to a font-size of 100%?

I will set it a little higher, then. ok?

Ok.

Why is the content set to only 90%? This should be 100%, and the
headings should be larger.

As I said in a previous thread,

Didn't see that.

it looks too big on my screen (16px default) I will experiment and update.

Then you should set your own browser to something smaller; something you
like. By using 100%, you present all visitors with their default - what
they prefer. Why penalize the visitors because your browser is set too
large? How does it look in other browsers on your workstation (which may
have different defaults)?

http://k75s.home.att.net/fontsize.html

You saw the samples on my page for h1, h2 etc?

I did, and not too long ago I've changed the font sizes accordingly, as
well as taking out "Verdana" from the H1 font rule.

Mark Seymour wrote:

I did, and not too long ago I've changed the font sizes accordingly,
as well as taking out "Verdana" from the H1 font rule.

Very good. I think it looks much nicer now. Easy to read.

Have you ever considered a slightly off-white color for the background,
less stark? Perhaps:

background-color: #dfdfdf; or #f5f5f5; ?

Lots of choices here: http://www.somacon.com/p142.php

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-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck.

on 8/27/2006 9:32 AM Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

Mark Seymour wrote:

I did, and not too long ago I've changed the font sizes accordingly,
as well as taking out "Verdana" from the H1 font rule.

Very good. I think it looks much nicer now. Easy to read.

Have you ever considered a slightly off-white color for the background,
less stark? Perhaps:

background-color: #dfdfdf; or #f5f5f5; ?

Lots of choices here: http://www.somacon.com/p142.php

thanks I set it to "Subtle White" #FEFFF1

Mark Seymour wrote:

thanks I set it to "Subtle White" #FEFFF1

Lookin' good...

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-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck.

red_dragon2983 wrote:

Why are all the headings set to a font-size of 100%?
I will set it a little higher, then. ok?

Why is the content set to only 90%? This should be 100%, and the
headings should be larger.
As I said in a previous thread, it looks too big on my screen (16px
default)

Yes, you have ignored this advice before. For some reason you refuse to

adjust the default size in your browser and prefer to annoy your visitors.

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